Mining Incidents
Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in King County, Washington

King County, Washington has 638 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1944–1995, including 60 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 19 prospect pits; 14 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 74 problems in the county, 25 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 145 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering King County, every OSMRE abandoned mine land problem in the county, and every MSHA-registered mine here with status Abandoned. Named features are listed below; unnamed ones are counted by type. Locations are deliberately not shown: this page says what abandoned workings are in the county, not where to find them. They are dangerous and should not be entered.

Mapped mine features (USGS)
638
Mine openings
60
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
25
MSHA mines marked abandoned
145
14 features carry a name19 prospect pits53 quadrangle maps, published 1944–1995 74 OSMRE problems, 49 reclaimed 1 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    102 14.3%
  2. Prospect pits and trenches
    shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
    19 2.7%
  3. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    68 9.6%
  4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    490 68.8%
  5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    5 0.7%
  6. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    2 0.3%
  7. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    26 3.7%
Named features on the maps14 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Apex Mine Adit
Beaverdale Mine Adit
Black River Quarry Quarry area
Blackpaw Mine Adit
Cleopatra Mine Adit
County Gravel Pit Gravel Pit area
Damon Mine Adit
Fire King Coal Mine Adit
Horseshoe Mine Adit
Indian Coal Mine Adit
Lennox Mine Adit
Reynolds Mine Open Pit Mine
Tiger Mountain Mine Adit
Washington Haydite Mine Open Pit Mine

A name is the label printed beside the symbol on the map. "First mapped" is the earliest topographic edition that shows the symbol, which bounds the feature's age from above; it is not the date it was worked. Unnamed features (most prospect pits, adits and shafts carry no label) are in the counts above but not this list.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems74 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Bayne Mine P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Black Beauty Mine P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Black Diamond Mine P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Black Diamond Mine P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Black Diamond Mine P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Black Nugget Mines P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Cannon Mine P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cannon Mine P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Cannon Mine P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cumberland Mines P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Cumberland Mines P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cumberland Mines P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cumberland Mines P3 Equipment Facility In Reclamation
Cumberland Mines P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Eureka P1 Portals In Reclamation
Eureka P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Eureka P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Gem Mine P1 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Gem Mine P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Gem Mine P3 Equipment Facility In Reclamation
Gem Mine P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Harris-richmond Mine P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hyde Occidental P1 Portals In Reclamation
Hyde Occidental P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hyde Occidental P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Hyde Occidental P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Indian Mine P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Indian Mine P3 Equipment Facility In Reclamation
Issaquah Mines P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Issaquah Mines P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Issaquah Mines P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Issaquah Mines P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Issaquah Mines P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Issaquah Mines P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Kangley Mines P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Kangley Mines P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Kangley Mines P3 Equipment Facility In Reclamation
Kangley Mines P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Kangley Mines P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Krain Mine P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Krain Mine P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
New Lake Youngs Mine P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Newcastle Mines P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Newcastle Mines P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Newcastle Mines P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Newcastle Mines P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Newcastle Mines P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Newcastle Mines P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Newcastle Mines P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Newcastle Mines P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Newcastle Mines P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Pending
Newcastle Mines P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Newcastle Mines P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Preston P2 Portals In Reclamation
Ravensdale Mines P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Ravensdale Mines P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Ravensdale Mines P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Renton Sunbeam P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Ruffner Mine P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Springbrook Mines P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Taylor Mine P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Taylor Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Taylor Mine P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Tiger Mountain Mine P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Tiger Mountain Mine P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Tiger Mountain Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Tiger Mountain Mine P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Wa - Garfield - Fea P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive Reclamation Completed
Wa - King - Fea P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Wa - King - Fea P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive Reclamation Completed
Wa - King - Fea P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Wa - King - Fea P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Wa - King - Fea P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Wa - King - Fea P3 Other Reclamation Completed

Problem types carry OSMRE's priority prefix: P1 and P2 are threats to health, safety and property, P3 is environmental. A problem area is a cluster of problems reclaimed as one project; several rows can share one location.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned145 on register
  1. 155 5
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4502134
    Abandoned
  2. 211 2-No 1 Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4501955
    Abandoned
  3. 211 2-No 2 Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4501961
    Abandoned
  4. 3 Lakes Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · GDN Enterprises, Inc · MSHA ID 4503566
    Abandoned
  5. 640 Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4502115
    Abandoned
  6. 700 Road Vista Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Olson & Taylor Inc · MSHA ID 4502118
    Abandoned
  7. 700-780 Junction Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4502119
    Abandoned
  8. A-400 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Associated Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4502129
    Abandoned
  9. American Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Concrete Inc · MSHA ID 4501109
    Abandoned
  10. Bear Crushing One
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bear Crushing Inc · MSHA ID 4503075
    Abandoned
  11. Beckler River Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aurora Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 4502811
    Abandoned
  12. Ben Jones
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman (Rock) Inc · MSHA ID 4503077
    Abandoned
  13. Black River Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lakeside Industries, Inc · MSHA ID 4501582
    Abandoned
  14. Black River Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stoneway Rock & Recycling · MSHA ID 4503180
    Abandoned
  15. Blum Clay Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Moulden & Sons' Inc · MSHA ID 4500250
    Abandoned
  16. Bpa 31 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4502060
    Abandoned
  17. Bremmeyer
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bremmeyer Logging · MSHA ID 4503506
    Abandoned
  18. Bremmeyer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bremmeyer Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4502832
    Abandoned
  19. Brick Road Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hos Brothers Bulldozing Inc · MSHA ID 4501357
    Abandoned
  20. Cadman (Redmond)
    Surface metal/non-metal · HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · MSHA ID 4500585
    Abandoned
  21. Cadman Black Diamond
    Surface metal/non-metal · HM Pacific Northwest, Inc. · MSHA ID 4501227
    Abandoned
  22. Cadman Pit And Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4500520
    Abandoned
  23. Camp Brown Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4501960
    Abandoned
  24. Canton Creek Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Montgomery-Nordhougen Inc · MSHA ID 4502851
    Abandoned
  25. Cascade Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cascade Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4502678
    Abandoned
  26. Cedar Mountain Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rivera & Green Inc · MSHA ID 4502212
    Abandoned
  27. Churchill Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Churchill Sand & Gravel Co · MSHA ID 4500731
    Abandoned
  28. City Dump Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Enumclaw-Wa · MSHA ID 4501166
    Abandoned
  29. Coal Creek Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · C Martin Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4502732
    Abandoned
  30. Corliss Fikse Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Corliss Company · MSHA ID 4501215
    Abandoned
  31. Covington Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Iddings Inc · MSHA ID 4501491
    Abandoned
  32. Covington Pit - Division #9
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501200
    Abandoned
  33. Crabtree Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Island Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 4502804
    Abandoned
  34. Damon Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · C S S Management · MSHA ID 4502962
    Abandoned
  35. Damon Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · C S S Management · MSHA ID 4502843
    Abandoned
  36. Diamond Pit - Div 9
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4502299
    Abandoned
  37. Dumor Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dumor Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4503150
    Abandoned
  38. E-Z Dozing Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · E-Z Dozing · MSHA ID 4501992
    Abandoned
  39. Edwards Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4501186
    Abandoned
  40. Elk Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mutual Materials Company · MSHA ID 4500256
    Abandoned
  41. Franklin No 10 Strip
    Surface coal · Palmer Coking Coal Company · MSHA ID 4500272
    Abandoned
  42. GH Rock Products
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crown Lakes LLC · MSHA ID 4503616
    Abandoned
  43. GH Rock Products Talus Slope Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wisdom Earthworks Inc. · MSHA ID 4503609
    Abandoned
  44. Granite Products LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Products LLC · MSHA ID 4503567
    Abandoned
  45. Harris Clay Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Moulden & Sons' Inc · MSHA ID 4501101
    Abandoned
  46. HAYES SAND & GRAVEL LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hayes Sand & Gravel Llc · MSHA ID 4503369
    Abandoned
  47. Hazen Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Universal/Land Construction Company · MSHA ID 4503217
    Abandoned
  48. HOMESTEAD GRAVEL PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fiorito Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4502131
    Abandoned
  49. Horizon Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Horizon Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4502757
    Abandoned
  50. Iddings Portable Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Iddings Inc · MSHA ID 4502586
    Abandoned
  51. Indian Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4501236
    Abandoned
  52. Issaquah Shed Pit - Div 4
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501308
    Abandoned
  53. John Henry No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Pacific Coast Coal Company · MSHA ID 4502967
    Abandoned
  54. KANGLEY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kangley Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4503377
    Abandoned
  55. Kangley Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Transfer Inc · MSHA ID 4503380
    Abandoned
  56. Kent Highlands Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Transfer Inc · MSHA ID 4502241
    Abandoned
  57. Kirkland Sand & Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kirkland Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4500648
    Abandoned
  58. Lake Frances Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kangley Rock & Recycling · MSHA ID 4503489
    Abandoned
  59. Lake Francis Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid Island Rock Products · MSHA ID 4502848
    Abandoned
  60. LAKELAND HILLS PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northwest Aggregates · MSHA ID 4503318
    Abandoned
  61. Little Mountain Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4502065
    Abandoned
  62. Loid Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Eastside Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4503080
    Abandoned
  63. Mainline 100 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4501958
    Abandoned
  64. Maltby Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Maltby Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4500583
    Abandoned
  65. Maple Valley Peat Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Maple Valley Humis Company · MSHA ID 4500398
    Abandoned
  66. Maury Island Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · MSHA ID 4500630
    Abandoned
  67. Maury Island Sand & Grav dba CalPortland
    Surface metal/non-metal · CalPortland Company · MSHA ID 4502526
    Abandoned
  68. May Valley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · May Valley Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4502959
    Abandoned
  69. Mckay-Section 12 Surface Coal Mine
    Surface coal · Palmer Coking Coal Company · MSHA ID 4502150
    Abandoned and Sealed
  70. Melita Pit - Div 10
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4502014
    Abandoned
  71. Middle Fork Prospect
    Underground metal/non-metal · Houston Oil & Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 4500890
    Abandoned
  72. Miles Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Miles Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4500662
    Abandoned
  73. Miller River Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · MSHA ID 4500039
    Abandoned
  74. Milton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lloyd Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503069
    Abandoned
  75. Mono Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mono Mine Inc · MSHA ID 4500478
    Abandoned
  76. MORGAN KAME TERRACE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Palmer Coking Coal Company LLP · MSHA ID 4503338
    Abandoned
  77. Moulden Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Moulden & Associates · MSHA ID 4502588
    Abandoned
  78. Mountain View Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Watson Asphalt & Paving Company Inc · MSHA ID 4501356
    Abandoned
  79. Mt Si Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mt Si Quarry SMM · MSHA ID 4502189
    Abandoned
  80. Muth Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Muth Construction Company · MSHA ID 4501185
    Abandoned
  81. Newcastle Brick Plant Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Mutual Materials Company · MSHA ID 4502191
    Abandoned
  82. North Bend Pit Div 5
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501192
    Abandoned
  83. North Fork Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · H L Riley Hauling Co · MSHA ID 4501720
    Abandoned
  84. Nursery Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weyerhaeuser Company · MSHA ID 4500500
    Abandoned
  85. Person Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Person Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4503167
    Abandoned
  86. PLANT 2704
    Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4503047
    Abandoned
  87. Plant No 4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reid Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4500681
    Abandoned
  88. Pohl Pit - Div 10
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4502467
    Abandoned
  89. Poobrager Pit - Div 9
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501309
    Abandoned
  90. Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · D & R Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4503516
    Abandoned
  91. PORTABLE CRUSHER #2705
    Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4503046
    Abandoned
  92. PORTABLE CRUSHER JESAB
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jensen Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4503432
    Abandoned
  93. Portable Metso 96
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stafford Excavating LLC · MSHA ID 4503832
    Abandoned
  94. PORTABLE PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · MATERIAL PROCESSING INC · MSHA ID 4503580
    Abandoned
  95. Portable Screen Chieftain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jensen Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4503431
    Abandoned
  96. Powerscreen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Santana Trucking & Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4503026
    Abandoned
  97. Ps-A-224 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Washington State Department Of Highways · MSHA ID 4502388
    Abandoned
  98. Puget Sound Surfacers Inc G6
    Surface metal/non-metal · Puget Sound Surfacers Inc · MSHA ID 4503398
    Abandoned
  99. Quadrant Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hos Brothers Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4503151
    Abandoned
  100. Quarry Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · De Gross Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4502422
    Abandoned
  101. Quartzite Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Manufacturers Mineral Company · MSHA ID 4501123
    Abandoned
  102. R & R Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · R & R Investments Inc · MSHA ID 4502743
    Abandoned
  103. Raging River Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · May Valley Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 4502195
    Abandoned
  104. Railroad Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burlington Northern Inc · MSHA ID 4502311
    Abandoned
  105. Ravensdale Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Mineral Products Inc · MSHA ID 4502675
    Abandoned
  106. RED-E TOPSOIL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Red-E Topsoil · MSHA ID 4503409
    Abandoned
  107. Redmond Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · M & M Crushing Company Inc · MSHA ID 4500679
    Abandoned
  108. Reid Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Peter Kiewit Sons' Company · MSHA ID 4502699
    Abandoned
  109. Reith Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Transfer Inc · MSHA ID 4501226
    Abandoned
  110. Renton Concrete Recyclers
    Surface metal/non-metal · Renton Concrete Recyclers · MSHA ID 4500006
    Abandoned
  111. Renton Pit - Division #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4502298
    Abandoned
  112. RESERVE SILICA CORPORATION
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reserve Silica Corp · MSHA ID 4500823
    Abandoned
  113. Road 10 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4502061
    Abandoned
  114. Road 150 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morton Crushing Company · MSHA ID 4502830
    Abandoned
  115. Road 50 Main Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Seattle Water Shed · MSHA ID 4502058
    Abandoned
  116. Rogers No 3 (Ug)
    Underground coal · Palmer Coking Coal Company · MSHA ID 4500325
    Abandoned
  117. S & S Enterprises
    Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Enterprises · MSHA ID 4502758
    Abandoned
  118. Samac Portable Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Samac Trucking · MSHA ID 4503088
    Abandoned
  119. SCREEN PLANT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Summit Inc · MSHA ID 4503400
    Abandoned
  120. Seattle Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Lafarge North America Inc · MSHA ID 4500805
    Abandoned
  121. Section 31 Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mutual Materials Company · MSHA ID 4501052
    Abandoned
  122. Section 31 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stowe Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4503065
    Abandoned
  123. SNOQUALMIE DISTRICT MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weyerhaeuser Company · MSHA ID 4503037
    Abandoned
  124. Southworth Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southworth & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4501586
    Abandoned
  125. Standard Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lloyd Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4501145
    Abandoned
  126. Stergion Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tim Corliss & Son Inc · MSHA ID 4500773
    Abandoned
  127. Stillwater Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4502795
    Abandoned
  128. Summit Pit-Division 7
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501194
    Abandoned
  129. Sunset Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sunset Materials · MSHA ID 4503197
    Abandoned
  130. Sunset Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stoneway Rock & Recycling Co · MSHA ID 4500087
    Abandoned
  131. Swan Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4500036
    Abandoned
  132. Sweet Point Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Washington State Department Of Highways · MSHA ID 4502523
    Abandoned
  133. Tanner Falls
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fury Site Works Inc · MSHA ID 4503732
    Abandoned
  134. Tjomsland Pit - Division 10
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501230
    Abandoned
  135. Tonga Ridge Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B B & K Crushing Inc · MSHA ID 4502861
    Abandoned
  136. Tri-State Portable Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri-State Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4503097
    Abandoned
  137. Tukwila Crushing And Screening Plan
    Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4501144
    Abandoned
  138. Usfs/Snoqualmie Natl Forest
    Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502130
    Abandoned
  139. Valley T Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Topsoil Inc · MSHA ID 4502824
    Abandoned
  140. Valley Topsoil Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Topsoil Inc · MSHA ID 4503149
    Abandoned
  141. Veazey Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meridian Aggregates Company · MSHA ID 4500061
    Abandoned
  142. Veazie Quarry #2 - Division 9
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501201
    Abandoned
  143. WHITE RIVER DISTRICT MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weyerhaeuser Company · MSHA ID 4502423
    Abandoned
  144. Wilderness Rock Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wilderness Rock Quarry · MSHA ID 4502414
    Abandoned
  145. Woodinville Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · King County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 4501187
    Abandoned

Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms
Feature type Features
Borrow Pit 222
Gravel Pit 96
Gravel Pit 67
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 59
Adit 57
Quarry 29
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 28
Quarry 24
Prospect Pit 19
P2 Vertical Openings 16
P1 Vertical Openings 13
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 12
P1 Subsidence 10
P1 Portals 7
P2 Portals 6
Clay Pit 4
P3 Equipment Facility 4
Disturbed Surface 4
P2 Subsidence 3
P3 Gobs 3
Mine Shaft 3
P3 Other 2
P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive 2
Open Pit Mine 2
Borrow Pit 2
Coal Mine 2
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 2
Sand Pit 2
P1 Surface Burning 2
Sand Pit 2
Clay Pit 2
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 1
P1 Dangerous Slides 1
P3 Water Problems 1
Tailings - Undifferentiated 1
P2 Underground Mine Fires 1
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 1
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How to read these numbers

A USGS feature is a symbol on a historical topographic map, there when the map was surveyed; it may since have been sealed, reclaimed, built over or reopened as a working mine, and the map does not say which. An OSMRE row is a problem the abandoned mine land program tracks, not a mine. An MSHA mine is a registered operation whose operator reported abandonment, a record that starts in the 1970s. The three overlap and are never added together. The county is assigned from each feature's coordinates against the Census 2023 county boundaries. The full method is on the national page.

Sources
  1. USGS, Consolidated Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States (USMIN)
    597,612 point and area features digitized from about 106,350 historical topographic maps published 1886–2006; public domain (CC0). A feature is a map symbol, not a field-verified site, and the map does not say whether it was still worked.
  2. USGS Fact Sheet 2025–3003, The Abandoned Mine Inventory of the United States
    States that as of 2025 there is no comprehensive national inventory of abandoned mine features, and that the detailed national database now being built will not be published.
  3. OSMRE, Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS), public Problems layer
    One row per abandoned mine land problem in a problem area, with its type, funding program and reclamation status; mostly coal mined before the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Coordinates are the problem area's.
  4. MSHA, Mines dataset (Mine Data Retrieval System)
    Every mine registered with MSHA since the 1970s; a mine reads Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed when its operator reported that status. Refreshed weekly.
  5. US Census Bureau, 2023 cartographic county boundaries (1:500,000)
    Each feature's county is assigned by its coordinates against these boundaries, not copied from the source file.
  6. GAO-20-238, Abandoned Hardrock Mines (March 2020)
    Federal agencies had identified at least 140,000 abandoned hardrock mine features on federal land and estimated more than 390,000 more not yet captured in their databases.
  7. Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR) Program, US Department of the Interior
    The program the USGS inventory is compiled for. Its appropriations and the 674,000 field-confirmed feature count on this page were provided by the program manager, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, and are cited with permission (2026-09-08).
  8. IMCC-NAAMLP Hardrock AML Report
    Page 48 carries the two figures this page leans on: USGS estimates 633,181 of the 725,690 mine features it recorded from historic topographic maps, 87 percent, are hardrock; and state and federal agencies have submitted more than 724,000 AML features to the national database being built, already more than the historic maps hold. Year-by-year AHMR funding is on page 35.